Most pastors have a hard time grasping a vision. But vision is the indispensable quality of a leader.

The secret of successful people lies in their ability to discover their strengths and to organize their life so that these strengths can be applied.

You cannot enjoy others until you enjoy yourself because you cannot give to others what you do not have.

Leadership involves the heavy burden of responsibility, and the fear of getting it wrong can paralyze a leader.

I really didn't settle stuff spiritually until I was 17 years of age. But through my teenage years I just knew that someday I had to settle accounts and get things straightened up and move in that direction.

No matter what our circumstances, our greatest limitation isn't the leader above us - it's the spirit within us.

Now what I do is I manage that decision. And I teach them in the book how - know what decision to make and then how to manage those decisions. It's a very - it's a personal growth book [Today Matters]; that's what it is.